Dumping-truck.



T. H. MONAHAN DUMPI NG TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED OCT-29,19.

oil 47 n Patented Apr. 29, 1919 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- I 46 @E g parts throughout the views.

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Willy 3.3%.! i l, DE PEJJVIDEIQ'GE, ISLAND, ASSIGNOR, BY MEENE 'Z YIEHXWFS, 1W1 PrlOVILlJEIlTQE BQIDY CGZMPANY, A CORPLQIHLATIQN F RHODE IQ'EITll'IPING-133138111.

To all 107mm if may come m v .(TAS H. deny 1mm :1 citizen oi Lhe Jnited lilfifzi, residihgg :11; Providence, in him county of if" "evidence and liteoe of I island have invented ceritain new rail improvements in Dumpilgg-ii ruclrs,

Si: cilitated; to adept die structure to carrying .etcr length lumher and her imrteriel 7 than the truck body withcmi; interfering with the driver; to insure an accurate, facile, and constantly controlled hoisting; mecl mean; and to attain these objects in e. strong and inexpensive strurilure,

To the ehove euoe esseninie my iion consi min su h. parts and combinations of perm fell Wimin the scope of the up pended ale-rim.

In the eccompr ing; drawings which Form a part of kl specificailion,

Figure l is a side elevation of a truck embodying my invention,

Fig. a, from; end elevation of the same, omitting the chassis,

3, parbiei section on line 3-3 of Fig. 4%, a, plain taken on line 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5, a rear end View oi" the body.

'Like reference characters indicate like In the form. of my invention herein shown 8 is the chassisor bed of a truck or vehicle and 9 the drivers seat, supported by Wheels 10, only one o'f-which is herein shown.

-Upon the chassis is fixed e frmhe or support comprisinglongitudinally disposed side channel bars jig-and end cross bars 13 of angle iron. Upon hie hot-toms of the channel hare are forwardly extending plates 14; which furnish a, bearing for the frame oi sufficient amplitude ro insure e proper ilpeciliceiim of Letters Potent.

Patented Apr, l H 9.

" 31 Q-e'tobcr .29, 1217, Fierial No. 1539,0153.

rest and attaching area for a chassis of Jsive lengthv v 11g on the portion of the frame ded and projecting rearwardly therefrom is metal box or body comprising a, floor 16, integral side walls 1'3, and afor- Werd end Well 18. The upper margins of all the Wells are folded over as at 19 and 2G to strengthen and reinforce the body. The et/ter 1c. further reinforced by outcurved straps 22 fixed by rivets 23 at their upper ends to the Walls 17, and at their lower ends by rivets 24: to lohgitulocking pins and 34; By this construe.

tion the w ll board may he opened by pivob log either at its top or bottom after the removal of ihe appropriate locking pins. Guides or :1 late hing loops 36 upon the strips 32 are adapted io engage a retaining chain when desired The body hinged to the supporting in the present instance by upright plelzes 39 fast to the rear ends of the hers 12, provided "with bearings to receive lirunnions 41 on the cars 25..

The portion oi the supporting frame which embodies the hoisting -mechanism comprises slandards 43 of channel iron riveted at their lower ends to the sides of the bars 12 at points in advance of the body. liiomrted in the tops of the supports are sheaves or pulleys 45, immediately below which is fixed a cross bar or rest 4-6 riveted at its ends to the supports Guard plates i? are located on the hen. Fixed by riveis or otherwise to an intermediate portion of the bar 7.3 is :1 (Tasting 48 which has bearings 49 for one end oie shaft 50 which has its outer end journuled in an opening 51 in one of the uprights s3, and the projecting outer end of the shaft is squared to removably receive a crank 53. A worm 543011 the shaft between the bearings engages the teeth of a gear 56 integral with a. drum 5-? hired to :1 shaft 53 join-nailed at one end in a hearing 60 on the bar 13, and at its other 

